After blowing yet another save — which resulted in the Giants coming from behind and beating the Phillies 2-1 at Citizens Bank Park — he stood by controversial comments he made Sunday.

Cole Hamels threw eight scoreless innings before Papelbon entered the ninth with a 1-0 lead. The Phillies closer allowed four consecutive hits, enabling the tying and go-ahead runs to score. He needed 24 pitches to record three outs. He also walked one and hit another.

Lately, Papelbon has been part of the problem. It was his sixth blown save in his last 13 tries. All of his blown saves have come since June 17.

His ninth-inning woes prompted fans to chant "We want Lidge," on a night when the former closer (Brad Lidge) was formally retiring as a Phillie and was at the ballpark watching the game. Many fans on Twitter noted the irony of — and their displeasure with — Papelbon's comments on Sunday.

The game's highest-paid closer has no regrets about what he said, though.

"This is the big leagues, this isn't coach-pitch," he said. "At the end of the day not everyone gets a trophy.

"Whether I blow a game or whether I save a game, whatever is happening within the organization, I feel like I'm honest and forthcoming and I'm the same way after games like tonight," he said. "I accept things. I don't shy away from things. That's just the way I approach it and that's just the way I go to work on a daily basis. I feel like that's the best way to go about a day's work is to just be honest with yourself and be honest with the position you're in and not try to sugarcoat anything."

There's no sugarcoating what Papelpon did Thursday.

Hamels was finally in line to get a win, which would have been his first since July 9. But then Papelbon took the mound.

And poof. The lead was erased.

Manager Charlie Manuel insists this is part of a rough patch all players go through. Papelbon said there's nothing mechanically wrong, and he'd be more worried if he were giving up home runs and doubles in the gap. Instead, all four hits he gave up were singles, including one that stayed in the infield.

"Obviously I want to go in and preserve wins for these starters, man," he said. "Because that's what I take pride in. But some nights, you just go back in the dugout and you kind of scratch your head, like, what just happened? A tough pill to swallow."

Hamels was given the chance to express any displeasure he might have about Papelbon's previous comments. If he had any, he didn't show it.

Instead, Hamels echoed some of what Papelbon said earlier in the week.

"I don't like to lose," Hamels said. "Ultimately, I didn't sign here to lose. I think a lot of the thoughts that we have, don't get voiced a lot. And sometimes they do get voiced and it can look really bad. But all of us, we want to win and we're all very capable of winning and it's not happening and it becomes very frustrating. I think that's kind of where the human nature [comes into play] … and things creep out that probably don't need to be said.

"At the same time, obviously things are going to have to be addressed because if we keep going down this path, there are going to have to be changes."

The Phillies had a chance to change the outcome in the bottom of ninth when they had the bases loaded with nobody out. But Laynce Nix and Carlos Ruiz flied out before pinch-hitter Erik Kratz grounded out to end the game.

Earlier in the game, the Phillies had two runners thrown out at the plate (pinch-runner Michael Martinez and Jimmy Rollins).

The Phillies (50-58) had a chance to get their first series win since the All-Star break. They have now lost all four series (Mets, Cardinals, Tigers, Giants) since and are a season-worst eight games under .500

Hamels, who got a no-decision, is the owner of a 2.88 ERA in his last 11 starts dating back to June 5. On Thursday, the left-hander struck out five and walked one.

DINGERS: CSNPhilly.com's Jim Salisbury is reporting that a source told him that Jonathan Pettibone is dealing with "some arm fatigue." When The Morning Call asked pitching coach Rich Dubee if Pettibone would miss his next start, he said, "Nothing's been announced." … Cody Asche's infield single in the ninth inning was his first MLB hit. … Darin Ruf extended his on-base streak to 29 games with a seventh-inning walk. It's the longest current streak in baseball. … Hamels drove in the Phillies' only run.